Retreat: Mandala Offering
Retreat: Mandala Offering
IKRC Menorca, Centre Internacional de Meditació Kadampa, Camí sa Roca, Es Mercadal, España
Up to 40 in group
March 14 - 17, 2025
Retreat Highlights
- - Staff
- Rest and Reflect. Depending on your interest opt for one of these retreat options, based on Buddha's teachings: Relax, a Good Heart, a Clear Mind or Freedom from Anger and Depression.
- - Renew, Breathe, Reflect
- Remove tension from your heart and clear your mind.
- - Desintoxicación digital
- Reduce tus pensamientos, distracciones y preocupaciones.
- - Guide
- A guide for structuring retreat and meditation sessions.
- - Support
- Qualified staff and library advice.
- - Classes
- Possibility to attend meditation classes and courses during your stay.
- - Take the knowledge of the Dharma Kadam to the heart by transforming your mind and solving daily problems. Choose the practice you want to deepen: Taking and Giving, The Six Perfections, Heart of Wisdom or the Mahamudra.
About this Retreat
Your Guides
The Resident teacher, The center's principal teacher
Guen Kelsang Rabjor was initiated into the practice of Kadampa Buddhism in 1994 at the first Kadampa Buddhist center founded by the Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche in England. Since then, he has tirelessly dedicated himself to learning and deepening this inner path and to sharing his knowledge and experience with many people around the world.
He has been a resident teacher in several Kadampa Buddhist centers, including the Kadampa Meditation Center in Barcelona, where he lived for 16 years. He has also been resident teacher at the Kadampa Meditation Center of Spain, in Malaga, and the KMC Mahamudra in Seville. In September 2023 he has been appointed resident teacher of the IKRC Menorca.
He has been a Buddhist monk since 2007 and has extensive experience in teaching modern Buddhism, long retreats and conferring initiations. He has guided meditations and given teachings at national and international Kadampa festivals. His deep spiritual vision and warm, practical presentation of Buddhist teachings make guen Kelsang Rabjor an enormously inspiring teacher.
Details of this retreat
Creates a pure world
In this retreat, following the teachings of the book The Mahamudra Oral Instructions, we will be trained in the special practice of mandala offerings, a method to increase our merit or good fortune, the basis for fulfilling our wishes.
“The practice of mandala offering is a scientific method for attaining a pure Buddha land. It contains the practice of the four purities mentioned in tantra teachings - the complete purity of the worlds, the purity of the body, the purity of enjoyments and the purity of deeds or activities. For the skilled practitioner, the practice of mandala offering is very profound and powerful and realizations can be achieved quickly. Therefore, to show a good example to others, Yhe Tsongkhapa made mandala offering one of his main practices.”
If you wish, you can extend the retreat to the following weekend. Please contact us.
In this retreat, following the teachings of the book The Mahamudra Oral Instructions, we will be trained in the special practice of mandala offerings, a method to increase our merit or good fortune, the basis for fulfilling our wishes.
“The practice of mandala offering is a scientific method for attaining a pure Buddha land. It contains the practice of the four purities mentioned in tantra teachings - the complete purity of the worlds, the purity of the body, the purity of enjoyments and the purity of deeds or activities. For the skilled practitioner, the practice of mandala offering is very profound and powerful and realizations can be achieved quickly. Therefore, to show a good example to others, Yhe Tsongkhapa made mandala offering one of his main practices.”
If you wish, you can extend the retreat to the following weekend. Please contact us.
Schedule
Friday, March 14
18.00h-18.45h Dinner
19.30h - 21.00h: Introduction
Saturday 15th March
7.45-8.30h: Breakfast
9:30-11.00h: 1st session
12.00-13.30h: 2nd session
13.30h: Lunch
16.00-17.30h: 3rd session with Doryhe Shugden
18.00h: Dinner
19.30-21.00h: 4th session with questions and answers
Sunday 16 March
7.45-8.30h: Breakfast
9:30-11.00h: 1st session
12.00-13.30h: 2nd session
13.30h: Lunch
16.00-17.30h: 3rd session with Doryhe Shugden
18.00h: Dinner
19.30-21.00h: 4th session
Monday 17 March
7.45-8.30h: Breakfast
9:00-10.30h: 1st session
12.00-13.30h: Gem with tsog
13.30h: Lunch
End of guided retreat - can be extended as a personal retreat to complete a week's retreat.
18.00h-18.45h Dinner
19.30h - 21.00h: Introduction
Saturday 15th March
7.45-8.30h: Breakfast
9:30-11.00h: 1st session
12.00-13.30h: 2nd session
13.30h: Lunch
16.00-17.30h: 3rd session with Doryhe Shugden
18.00h: Dinner
19.30-21.00h: 4th session with questions and answers
Sunday 16 March
7.45-8.30h: Breakfast
9:30-11.00h: 1st session
12.00-13.30h: 2nd session
13.30h: Lunch
16.00-17.30h: 3rd session with Doryhe Shugden
18.00h: Dinner
19.30-21.00h: 4th session
Monday 17 March
7.45-8.30h: Breakfast
9:00-10.30h: 1st session
12.00-13.30h: Gem with tsog
13.30h: Lunch
End of guided retreat - can be extended as a personal retreat to complete a week's retreat.
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
IKRC CENTRO INT DE RETIRO KADAMPA, IKRC Menorca, Centre Internacional de Meditació Kadampa, Camí sa Roca, Es Mercadal, España
Directions
How do I get there? Map Options: We pick you up at the airport for an affordable price of 20 euros one way (subject to availability). Bus: 1st bus Airport - Mahón, 2nd bus: Mahón - Alayor and we will arrange an economic transport (contact us before) or you can take a cab, from the airport or the nearest town (this option is cheaper than from the airport). We are waiting for you!
Accommodation
single room with bathroom en suite single room with shared bathroom Double room female dormitory with 4 beds
Single room with en-suite bathroom
Single room with shared bathroom
Female dormitory with en-suite bathroom
Glamping
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
Menorca is a biosphere reserve, the retreat center meets all the conditions to free yourself from distractions, move the air of energy in a completely natural environment. The center is integrated in one of the most protected areas.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
Meals are served in a buffet, where there is always a raw section of salads and a cooked section.
Intolerances or allergies are always catered for under previous contact.
What's Included
- Spanish-English translations or vice versa
- Teachings
- Guided retreat sessions
- Material (meditation cushion and blanket)
- 2 nights accommodation
- Towels and bed linen
- Full board
- wifi internet
- You will have at your disposal qualified personal help and advice and a library.
- Specific retreats for initiation into Buddhist meditation and other retreats to deepen your Kadampa meditation practice.
What's Not Included
- Non-meal beverages
- Snacks
- Local transportation
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